In line with these documents, the editorial board of the journal "Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki" (hereinafter referred to as Journal) subscribes to the ethical guidelines, compliance with which is mandatory for all sides involved in the process of publishing of research materials (Editors, Authors, Reviewers, and Publishers).

1. Editorial Board

Editors have the following general responsibilities:

1.1. Editor is bound to consider all materials of the manus­cript submitted by Author. The final responsibility for accepting or rejecting the manus­cript (based on its relevance, integrity, and fitting into the journal profile) without any personal and ideological favoritism or malice rests with Editor;

1.2. Editor should treat Author respectfully, regardless of their sex, racial affiliation, and other subjective qualities;

1.3. Editor is obligated to observe the intellectual property rights of Authors by keeping in confidentiality all data provided in the manus­cript without using them for personal purposes or transferring to the third parties;

1.4. Editor should exclude from publishing all plagiarized or falsified materials, as well as take serious steps in case of redundancy and false attribution of authorship;

1.5. Editor ensures confidentiality and anonymity of the review process;

1.6. Editor should invite only highly professional specialists as Reviewers.

2. Authors

Author is a person, who has made a worthy contribution to the process of research or interpretation of its results. Author submitting their manus­cript for the purpose of publishing and distribution in the scientific community should strive to comply with the following rules:

2.1. Authors should rely upon exceptionally accurate and actual data, as well as their unbiased interpretation without permitting any false or fraudulent claims about the obtained results;

2.2. Authors are not allowed to submit the same manus­cript to any other journal for publication, in whole or in part, when it is being considered by Journal. In addition, they should not participate in multiple and redundant publications, which is regarded as self-plagiarism;

2.3. All research funders, as well as other sources of support, should be clearly identified and listed in the manus­cript, including indication of the role of each contributing party;

2.4. Data obtained in the private talk or correspondence can be used only subject to prior written approval from the person, who provided them;

2.5. Graphic or textual data from the works published by other authors should be indicated with reference to the source, from which they were taken. Besides, all works published elsewhere and covering similar issues, which influenced the research, should be given in the list of references;

2.6. If Authors discover significant errors and incorrect conclusions in their manus­cripts, either accepted for publishing or already published by Journal they should immediately inform Editor about it in order to take appropriate steps, such as correction, disclamation, or retraction;

2.7. As Editor makes the final decision to publish the manus­cript, Authors agree with the transfer of the right to publish and distribute their published work (in print and electronic versions), as well as with that the bibliographic data will be included in the science citation databases and the full text will be freely available in the Scientific Electronic Library (elibrary.ru).

3. Reviewers

Reviewing of the submitted manus­cript should be based on the following major principles:

3.1. Reviewer maintains confidentiality concerning the scientific inquiry of the manus­cript, which is intended to improve its quality and helps the editorial board to finalize their decision on publishing the results of research;

3.2. Author/Co-author of the manus­cript cannot act as Reviewer;

3.3. If Reviewer recognizes that either the manus­cript is not related to their scholarly background or the time allocated for review is not enough, it immediately sets the ground for refusal;

3.4. When reviewing the material submitted for publication, Reviewers are obligated to be objective in their evaluation of the manus­cript. All suggestions and judgements should be based on the relevance, integrity, and originality of the results of research performed by Author. Any critical statements of a subjective nature arising from personal attitudes to Author or other reasons are not acceptable;

3.5. Reviewers should disclose all conflicts of interest that may arise;

3.6. Reviewer is not allowed to keep any copies of the manus­cript or transfer the materials under review to any other side. The manus­cript cannot be used for personal research purposes prior to its publication unless special permission is obtained from Author;

3.7. Reviewer ensures that the manus­cript is coherently written and contains all references to the cited or used works;

3.8. Reviewer should support their conclusions about the manus­cript, thus ensuring that Author and Editor understand the basis of all comments and judgements;

3.9. Reviewer should point out if the manus­cript bears considerable similarities to the works published earlier, i.e., report on plagiarism.